Word: counter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...even were the bills swiftly enacted in their present form, they would make little difference this summer. But here are pieces of vital legislation long overdue. President Johnson should push hard now, to make up for his inexcusably feeble efforts over the last three years, and override Dirksen's counter-forces...
Without some history and sociology, then, Lichtheim's notion of a "dialectic between the French Revolution and German Counter-Revolution" is not overly helpful. Nor do his unfortunately diffuse comments on ideology represent a theoretical advance: in the 20's Mannheim was rejoicing at the possibilities for intellectual advance provided by the collision of cultures and the dissolution of old systems. Still, look the book over. Even when Lichtheim loses his battles, which is far from always, he does it with panache...
...effort to counter Wallace's appeal, Republican leaders in the South have unleashed a two-sided attack on him. They have tried to show that voting for Wallace will allow Johnson to carry the state, but conservatives concerned about their principles will refuse to back any Republican who seems as liberal as they think Johnson is. Even Richard Nixon, who campaigned extensively in the South in 1960, runs behind the President and Wallace in a three-way poll...
...Next day, the strike was on. Refusing to knuckle under to what he called "blackmail, brute force and muscle," Lindsay fought back as best he could with legal action and calls for unity. He was determined to bring order into the city's chaotic labor relations and to counter the threat of public strikes that, though banned by state law, have been used to win fat contract settlements. "Now is the time and here is the place," he declared, "for the city to determine what it is made...
...calls his "dirty dozen." He specializes in ferreting out what he calls "emerging growth companies," and he puts most of his fund's money into little-known firms with untapped market potential. Over a third of the companies on Enterprise's list are still traded over the counter. When he cases a situation, Carr looks for two things: proven, imaginative management and a low price-earnings ratio. That way he is likely to catch a star as it moves from small to medium size...